Any truck owner, truck operator, truck driver or any other person who is, or may be, interested in or involved in any business matters with the Mississippi Department of Transportation who shall, directly or indirectly, give any employee of the department any gift or gratuity of any kind or nature, of any value whatsoever, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).If any person should offer to give or give any cash, or gratuity of any kind or nature, of any value whatsoever, to any employee of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, or should leave any such thing at any inspection station, the employee on duty shall report this to the department immediately, and the department shall keep a record of all such cases so reported.Codes, 1942, § 9352-34; Laws, 1946, ch. 266, § 34; Laws, 1948, ch. 271, § 17; Laws, 1954, ch. 337, § 3; Laws, 1958, ch. 494; Laws, 1960, ch. 419; Laws, 2001, ch. 596, § 43, eff. 7/1/2001.
Mississippi Legal Code